Belgian Forces in Germany

Belgian Forces in Germany
(FBA-BSD)
Insignia with the badge of First Corps[1] in the centre.
Active1946–2002
CountryBelgium Belgium
Allegiance NATO (after 1955)
BranchBelgian army
RoleArmy of occupation (1945-1955)
Defense of West Germany (1955-2002)
Size40,000 men (at height)
Part ofUnited Kingdom British Army of the Rhine
NATO Northern Army Group
Motto(s)Scutum Belgarum
(lit.'Shield of the Belgians')
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Jean-Baptiste Piron (1946–51)
Albert Crahay (1960–64)
Francis Briquemont (1993–96)

The Belgian Forces in Germany (French: Forces belges en Allemagne or FBA, Dutch: Belgische strijdkrachten in Duitsland, BSD) was the name of Belgium's army of occupation in West Germany after World War II. Lasting between 1946 and 2002, the army corps-strength FBA-BSD formed part of the NATO force guarding Western Europe against Warsaw Pact during the Cold War. At its height, 40,000 soldiers were serving with the unit with several thousand civilians also living in the Belgian zone around Cologne.

  1. ^ "Les FBA". users.skynet.be/les.cuirassiers. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2013.